Straw-ctitter



N. HOMES. Straw and Root Cu tter.

NO. 26676. Patented Jana 3, 1860.

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N. HOMES, OF LAONA, NEW YORK.

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Specification of LettersPatent No. 26,676, dated 'J'anuary 3, i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, N. HOMES, of Laona, in the county of Chautauqua andState of New York, have invented a new and improved Machine for CuttingStraw, Roots, Stalks, &c.; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exactdesCription of the same, reference being had tothe annexed drawings, making a part ofthis specification, in whichFigure 1, 1s a front view of my invention. Flg. 2, 1s a transversevertlcal sectlonof the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the twofigures.

This invention consists in combining with an ordinary reciprocatingknife and gate, a leger knife arranged to operate con ointly with theupper knife substantially as hereinafter described for the purpose offacilitating the cutting operation.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct myinvention I will proceed to describe it.

A, represents an upright framing in which a vertically reciprocatingknife gate B is placed and allowed to work freely up and down. Thisknife gate has a knife C, fitted obliquely in it, as shown clearly inFig. l. The upper endofthe knife gate B, has a hand lever D, connectedto it by a link a a. One end of the lever D, is curved downward and hasa slotted plate I), attached to its lower end, said plate 6, havingsecured to it by a screw or bolt 0, one end of a bar at, to which aknife E, is attached, the opposite end of said bar being secured by ascrew or bolt 6, to a bar F, the lower end of which is connected by ajoint f, to one side of the framing A, as shownclearly in Fig.1. The

bar F, may be formed of two parts "connected by a slide joint and boltso as to admit of the bar being extended from time to crank pulley J towhich atreadle K,is connected by a pitman L. v y n time to compensateforxthe wear of the 3 knife E. The lower partofthe knife gate' B, isconnected by ,apitman g,to a cranlc pulley G, which is placed on ashaftH,hlav ing a fly wheel I, on itgand also another v I The framingA,lisplacedl directly in :front of a proper feedlbox,rthetwo knives (XE,

working overits mouth and thebasils ofthe two knives are formedatopposite sides sog that the cutting edges will work overjeacli other incontact and produceiza cleanfcut, v

the substance to be cut,;shown in red being fed between the knives byany propermeans,

The knife C,it will be seenhas avertical j movement and the knife \E, ahorizontal;

drawing and upward out, power being applied by means of thelever DlandtreadleK,

It will be seen from the above description that the two knives will cutwith far greater?" ing knife C, alone and it will also beseen j; byconnectingthe fiy wheel and treadle to l the knife gate B, the power ofthe operator, 1 may be applied to the machine in a very advantageousmanner- .1 The cost of the supp1efmental knife E, is not great, in factinap-fl facility than the usual verticaldreciprocat:

preciable when comparedwith the advan tagesobtained by it.

The bar d, and knife work in lots i in the uprights of thewframing A. l

I do not claim separately any of the in described parts,but, y

I do claim as new and desire tojsecu rejby The combination of the twoknives (h ilihff l arranged to operatesubstantially as andlforf LettersPatent,

the purpose set forth.

Witnesses: I a RoswnL BUTLER, ALONZOL. GRAVESJ a

